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Explain why does fluorine form only one oxoacid (HOF).

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The members of the halogen family with the exception of fluorine show vaiable oxidation states due to the availability of d-oxbitals for the bond formation. They form a number of oxoacids such as `HOX, HOXO, HOXO_(2) " and " HOXO_(3)`. However, fluorine which is highly electronegative and has no d-orbitals, forms only one oxoacid (HOF) in which its oxidation state is `+1`.
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